Criteration E: Evaluate
After completing my project a evaluation was necessary as the final step to the artist portfolio. The following several questions are a few questions i will use to test and evaluate my cd. The goal of this project is to make a better artist portfolio so i will be testing to see if i did. These are the questions.
Is the cd rom that i used durable?
is the cd-rom with the case easy to transport?
Was it expensive to buy the cd-rom?
Was my final product better than the modern artist portfolio?
To test if the cd i used was durable i did several tests. I used a blank cd , the same type as mine and performeed these tests. The first thing i did was bent it until it broke. Surprisingly it didn’t break right away , i literally had to rip it because it wasn’t cracking. Then i took a lighter and burnt it. But it didn’t catch fire it just made a black spot on the cd. So overall the cd is very durable but the only thing that would stop it from being good is scratches. With careness you should be able to avoid getting scratches.
To check if i was able to transport the cd i did several tests. I decided your best and safest bet would just to put it in your backpack but not everyone always wants to carry a backpack around with them so that won’t work. With the cd case i tried putting it in my lmac pants, but my pants don’t really fit me well so it was tight. I then asked my friend who has regular lmac pants to try it out and he was able to put it in his pocket. With tracks it went in easily but i don’t suggest you carry it in tracks because when you sit down things tend to fall out depending on the pocket. Jeans would be a good bet , but if they are tight you will see the corners through ur jeans. The best pants were lmac pants or suit pants because they are similar with those they are easy to transport. In plus the cd case is small you can slip it anywhere and it’s very liught so there shouldn’t be problems there.
The least of my problems was the price of the cd. These things go for about a dollar each and i didn’t buy the best ones out there, but i bought good ones. The reason i didn’t buy the best ones was because i know i’d be breaking them and testing out things with the cd’s. Also i split a box with my friend so we both got a good price.
The point of this project was to create a better artist portfolio than the modern one used today. this would consist of a big folder with all your work inside. It is difficult to carry around because it is big and it is a hassle to leave with the galleries because all your work is inside and you can’t show it to more than one gallery at a time, and if they loose it that’s all your work down the drain. At first i wanted to use the idea of making a website but many other people have jumped to that idea, and to think i have never created a website and it would be far more complicated learning new programs. So i decided to put it on a cd. Cd was a good idea because it’s small and i already have experience with making them, also i used photoshop and i was very familiar with the program since i used it already for the previous project. Before finding this final idea of a cd i had many changes because i wasn’t sure what i wanted to do.
